Contact details

Person with legal responsibility

Firstname, Surname:

Ms
Barbara Goldsmith

Position:

Director

Person in charge of EU relations

Firstname, Surname:

Ms
Barbara Goldsmith

Position:

Director

Goals / remit

Goals / remit of the organisation:

The Group focuses on policies and practices related to natural resource liability and restoration and related issues worldwide. Among the Group's goals are: to serve as a resource to industry on these matters; to facilitate communication and practice exchange within industry and between industry, government and other practitioners; to work to develop and refine best practices relative to these matters; and to generally advance the state-of-the art. One of the Group's specialties is the ongoing implementation of the European Union Environmental Liability Directive.

The organisation's fields of interests are:

global

Specific activities covered by the Register

Main EU initiatives, policies and legislative files followed by the organisation:

EU Environmental Liability Directive

Relevant policy implementation, public relations and communication activities such as projects, events and publications:

Per the Group's longstanding policy (since 1988), it does not lobby as a Group.

Number of persons involved in the activities described in the box above

Number of persons involved from the organisation expressed in % of working time:

25%: 1

Number of persons involved:

1

Full time equivalent (FTE):

0.2

Complementary information:

Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises

No accredited persons

Fields of interest

The organisation's fields of interests are:

Agriculture and Rural Development

Budget

Climate Action

Competition

Economic and Financial Affairs

Energy

Enterprise

Environment

Fisheries and Aquaculture

General and Institutional Affairs

Regional Policy

Research and Technology

Trans-European Networks

Membership and affiliation

Member organisations:

Membership of any associations/(con)federations/networks or other bodies:

Industrial companies involved with the Group are also members of numerous business and industry associations in all sectors throughout Europe, both Brussels-based and Member State-specific. The Group often involves these entities in our ongoing work, including meetings. Examples may be found on the Group's website.

Financial data

Financial year:

01/2014
-
12/2014

Estimate of the annual costs related to activities covered by the register:

5,000 €

Most recent financial information about funding received from the EU institutions:

No funding received from the EU institutions during the last closed financial year.

Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:

The Group operates on an annual basis with a modest budget as necessary to accomplish its objectives.

Code of conduct

By its registration the organisation has signed the Transparency Register Code of Conduct.